Improvement in umbrellas



WILLIAM LANG, OF BROOKLYN, E. D., NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 76,085, riatcoLMarez 31, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN UMBRELLAS.

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TOv ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM LANG, of Brooklyn, E. D., in the county of Kings, and State oi' Ne'w York, have invented a new and improved'Umbrella-Runner; and I do' hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the'art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part-ot this specification, in which-,1

Figures 1 and? are different views of my improved runner.

Figure 3 is amoditication of the same.

Figure Lis a cross-section of fig. 1, through the line a: :l: of that gure.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts The object of this invention is .to provide a runnenfor umbrella-rods, which shall be simple, elegant, and bincre convenient to operate than those heretofore made. It consists in providing a spring-lever, which operates cross'wise of theA runner, together with other devices conducin `which will be duly set forth in the following.

The handleoi` the umbrella is shown atA, passing through a runner of the usual construction as to the flangef for nttachingthe ribs of the umbrella, but instead of a continuous cylindrical character, I forma raised channel throughout the length of the runner, as shown at a, for the purpose of permitting the passage of the projection b on the handle A.; This projection@ is for the purpose of catchingagainst the spring-lever,

g to the perfect opera-tion of the runner, 'all of if the latter has passed over it in extending or closing the umbrella, and holding the umbrella closed or opened,

:is the case maybe. Tothis end there are twoof such projections on the umbrella-steil` or rod, one for holding the ribs extended, and the other, near the handle-end, for holding the umbrella. closed. These projections pre. sent an inclined surface toward each other, so that the spring-lever may slide over the projection, and catch against the vertical part thereof'. The lever D is bent to conform somewhatrto the surface of thc runner, and is pivoted between lugs e e, as shown. A notch, c, is cut in the b'ent channel a to receive the lever, as shown, and to sustain itagninst the lateral strain which is brought upon it when `caught on the projection b. Alxed to the under side of the lever is the spring z', which 4actuates it to bear upon the umbrella-stall, and to catch against the projection I2 after passing over it. The channel'a is form-ed by bending out the metal of the runner` in a ridge or convex luting, as shown. The lever may be made to curve in a somewhat helical manner, as

show-n at tig 3, but its operation is the same in principle to those described in the foregoing.

lnm aware that a springlever has been attached to umbrella-runners, (see Joseph Bloom's patent, No. 22,686,) and Vdo not claim such a device broadly 'but .Wha-tl claim as new, and desire to secure by 'Letters Patent, is

The umbrella-runner, provided with a fastening-device consisting of the Vchannel a and catch or lever D, in conihinution with the projections, suhstantiallyas described.

The above specifeatiouof myinvention signed by`me, this Gthhday of February, 1868.

WILLIAM LANG.

Witnesses: WM. I". MCNMARA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS, 

